1 Kings 3:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.”
1 Kings 3:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 3:27 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 3:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.””
1 Kings 3:27 — World English Bible
1 Kings 3:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. ”
1 Kings 3:27 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 3:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the king answereth and saith, `Give ye to her the living child, and put it not at all to death; she <FI>is<Fi> its mother.'”
1 Kings 3:27 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 3:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the king answered and said, Give this one the living child, and in no wise put it to death: she is its mother. ”
1 Kings 3:27 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 3:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.”
1 Kings 3:27 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 3:27 in Context — 1 Kings 3
25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
What Does 1 Kings 3:27 Mean?
1 Kings 3:27 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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